Jimmy Dozier looks over a field that has been rooted by feral hogs on his land in east Montgomery. The hogs caused about $90 million in damage to agriculture interests in Alabama in 2009.

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Jimmy Dozier looks at a tally sheet taped on the back of his office door and rattles off how many feral hogs have been killed on his place in east Montgomery.

"We've shot 48 since August of 2009," he said.

The family owns about 4,000 acres off Wares Ferry Road, with the northern boundary being the Tallapoosa River. The property is about 5 miles from downtown and in the shadow of the Arrowhead subdivision. ...